Baggage-rack.



P. N. LANDINB.

BAGGAGE RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 7, 1912.

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PETER N. LANDINE, 0F MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, -AS SIGNOR-T0'THE ROSTQAND MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, 1 OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT,-- A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUTQ BAGGAGE-BAGK.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Application fil d Fbruar y '7, 1912-. Serial No.*676,040.

To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, PETER N; LANDINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milford, New Haven county, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage-Racks, of

for its object'an improved unitarrangement whereby the rack is: madeup-in unit sections of certain lengths which 'may be quickly and accurately assembled rigidly in place.

Another obj ect of the invention is-to make the several units adjustable within a suffi' cient rangeto guarantee the proper fitting of the partsin the event the main supporting brackets should not 0e-correspondin'gly spaced.

Vhile my rack is of particular utility when employed incars, itis'obvious'that its use is not'limited thereto;

In the drawings, Figure '1 is a top plan view of my'improved rack.- Fig. 2 is an end elevation of'one'of thebrackets; Fig, 3 is a relatively enlarged detail view, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a view oiiasingle detail. Fig. 5 is an end view'ofoneshelfimit.

1-1 are the main supporting brackets,- each'being providedwith a suitablebase portion or portions designed-to be screwed to a supporting wallwhere therack' is to be placed. The design oteach bracket may be varied at will. Each supporting shelf'or unitis arranged to be inserted and secured between two adjacent brackets 1-1, and the construction is such that the brackets 1-1 may be firstseparately applied to the wall, after which each individual shelf unit may be inserted or removed at will without-bending or injuring either of said brackets or any other-part of the rack. In Fig. 1, I have shown one complete shelf unit and parts of two other shelf units in line with thefirst one and rigidly connected up as said parts would appear in use, whereby it willbe seen that a rack-of any length and comprising as many units as desired, may be constructed.

The work of applying the brackets 1-1 to the supporting'wall'is seldom so accurately and carefully done that all of the b'ra'ckets"(wlfere' more than one unit is to be used) are spacedapart to exactly the same extent Accordingly, it is most important that some" adjusting means be provided whereby the several shelf units may be insorted between these differently spaced brackets and attached thereto; said adjusting means'b'eing. also so designed and constructed that" difference'in adjustment be tween va'rious brackets will not be observable to the' eye: Again, this construction should besuchithat every part of the rack may 'b e rigidly connected to every other part because,- where' racks are used in cars, the

are subj ectedto such severe vibration that unless i rigidly held, said vibration will soon bring disastrous results. Each bracket 1 is provided witha plurality of transverse bores which line up with the main supporting bars Off the rack units ashereinafter de scribed. In the-"drawingssaid brackets are shown as provided with threeib ores 2-2-2. Each of these bores is threaded.

As-to the shelf units, in theparticular form shown herein, each 'ot'them' is preferably provided'with-a plurality of parallel main" supporting bars 3-3.- These main supportingbars 3-3 are-connected by parallel loar's 4-4. These bars, in the particular'form shown, are L-shaped, although this isnot mat'erial. The bars'l'carry a suitable number of li ght grid bars 5-5 provided in any suitable number and arranged parallel to the main supporting bars 3-3. The grid b"a1 "s-'5-5- are-usuallysomewhat shorter than the main supporting bars3-3, and the-main sup-porting bars should preferably be slightly shorter than the intended spacing between the brackets 1-1.

The means for connectingthe shelf units with the brackets 1-1 comprises screwthreaded coupling sleeves 6 arranged at the ends of the main sup-porting bars 3-3. The particular construction of these sleeves is important in that the same should'be capable of'not only rigidly connecting the ends of the-mainsupporting bars with the brackets 1-1, butshould also be capable of doingthis even though the spacing'ot said brackets is not uniform. As shown in- Figs. 3 and t, the sleeve 6 is provided with a short "external thread on-its outer end, the

external threaded portion of the sleeve 6 being reduced somewhat in diameter so as to form an abutment shoulder at the base of the thread. The bore of the sleeve 6 is likewise threaded for about half its length 00111- mencing from the outer end. The balance of the inside bore of each sleeve is somewhat enlarged so that it will freely pass over the end of its main supporting bar 3. The end of the main supporting bar designed to receive the sleeve 6 is threaded to correspond with the threaded bore of said sleeve, the sleeve and bar, therefore, having a positive interlocking engagement and the sleeve being longitudinally adjustable on its bar.

The length of the external threaded portion of the sleeve 6 is preferably slightly less than one-half the thickness of that part of the bracket into which the sleeve is designed to screw.

To assemble the various parts of the rack in place, the separate brackets are first secured in position upon the supporting wall at approximately the proper spacing. The shelf units are then inserted between the racks, each of the sleeves 66 being screwed onto the ends of the main supporting bars 33 to a suflicient extent to permit the unit 3 to be slipped in position between those two brackets which are to support said unit. The sleeves 6 are then unscrewed from the supporting rods 3 and simultaneously screwed into the threaded bores in the brackets 1. When the sleeves have been screwed up tightly into the brackets 1, it follows that each shelf unit will be rigidly connected with the brackets 11 at each end thereof. This application and assemblage of the various parts may be quickly and easily effected. It should be understood, of course, that it is preferable that the outside of each sleeve 6 should be suitably designed to take some sort of wrench suitable for permitting the sleeves to be screwed tightly into place. In the drawings I have shown a part of the external Wall of the sleeve of hexagonal cross sectional outline, which furnishes both a pleasing ornamentation and a useful gripping surface for an ordinary wrench. Inasmuch as the inner end of each sleeve extends well over and beyond the threaded portion of the particular supporting bar with which it is associated, it follows that each sleeve may be adjusted longitudinally on said supporting rod to a very substantial degree without exposing the threaded portion of the rod, which is exceedingly desirable where the overall length of any particular rack unit must of necessity be increased to span the space between two brackets which may be applied to the wall at a greater spacing than originally designed. WVhen such adjustment is efiected, it is impossible to detect the same because the unthreaded part of each coupling sleeve from sliding back upon the shelf and scratching the Woodwork of the supporting wall.

What I claim is:

1. In abaggage rack of the character described, a plurality of supporting brackets,

a shelf arranged to be secured between said brackets and including a main supporting bar, with means for securing said shelf to lsaid brackets including a coupling member adjustably mounted on said bar so as @to be adjustable longitudinally thereof and held against longitudinal movement thereon gin various positions of adjustment, said @coupling member being arranged to interlock with one of said brackets.

2. In a baggage rack of the character described, a plurality of brackets, a shelf arranged between said brackets and comprising a plurality of main supporting bars with independent coupling sleeves carried by said bars and arranged to interlock with said brackets, and a screw-thread connection be tween each sleeve and its supporting bar and between each sleeve and the adjacent part of the bracket.

3. In a baggage rack of the character described, a plurality of brackets, a shelf arranged between said brackets and comprising a plurality of main supporting bars with independent coupling sleeves carried by said bars and arranged to interlock with said brackets, and a screw-thread connection between each sleeve and its supporting bar and between each sleeve and the adjacent part of the bracket, said sleeve having an unthreaded portion projecting over the sup porting bar carrying said sleeve.

4. In a baggage rack of the character de.

scribed, a plurality of brackets, a shelf arranged between said brackets and comprising a plurality of main supporting bars with independent coupling sleeves carried by said bars and arranged to interlock with said brackets, a screw-thread connection between each sleeve and its supporting bar and between each sleeve and the adjacent part of the bracket, said sleeve having an unthreaded portion projecting over the supporting bar carrying said sleeve, and an abutment shoulder on said sleeve on its outer side at the rear of the thread arranged to connect with said bracket.

5. In a baggage rack of the character described, a plurality of supporting brackets, a shelf arranged to be secured between said brackets and including a main supporting bar, with means for securing said shelf to said brackets including one coupling member adjustably mounted on each end of said bar so as to be adjustable longitudinally thereof and held against longitudinal movement thereon in various positions of adjustment, said coupling members being arranged to interlock with said brackets.

6. In a baggage rack of the character described, a plurality of brackets each provided with spaced threaded apertures in longitudinal alinement, a shelf arranged to be secured between said brackets and comprising a plurality of main supporting bars having threaded ends in alineinent with said bracket apertures, and a plurality of independent coupling members having threaded ing an adjustable threaded engagement with the end of a supporting bar.

PETER N. LANDINE. WVitnesses:

B. G. CONNOR, Cnnnsrmn CONNOR.

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Washington, D. G. 

